Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-20

The Writer Of the Following Letter Is
above RePrOaeh ut Home.

The Writer OF the Following Letter Is
above ReProaeh At Home.
want to tell you in few words how / got rid of
the nightmare Of my life.
once resided for several years in the Lake Dis
trict Of Michigan, where / contracted malaria. A
vigorous constitution nabed me to resist for time
the encroachm Of the disease, but continued
posure to the early morning fogs and 10 the night
damps 30 fastened upon me that almost despaired
ofeetiing completely nd Of il. For it eventually de-
veloped into chronic type Of Intermittent malarial
fever. with all its distressing symptoms. This con
tnued for eight years In this long period Of course
/ experienced all the well known peculiariiies Of
many successive attack the chill, the fever, the
disturbance Of the stomach and all the functions OF
digestion. the heavy headaches, the paniu limbs
and back, and the Characteristic sensitiveness to
changes in the weather, which impart to the chron-
ic sufferer froIa malaria something Of the powera OF
barometer. Ny appetite and went. but
obeyed natural rule. Sometimes had a morbid
craving for food, and then found myself unable 10
tolerate the most tempting and delicate dishes. until
from lack Of proper nouri-hment was tran formed
from vigorous, active man into a weak, Jagged out
being TO whom the very thought Of exertion r.
welcome. In addition 10 malaria I evidently
the victim Of indigestion.
=
parently could be done. I used all the accepted
remedies. Including quinlne. but all failed to give
more than transient relief. My experience sai- fes
me that quinine Is not true tonic a safe medi
cine for those who habituay depend upon It. 1t
seldom or never works radical cure and often. If
not generally. produces results which in them
selves diseases.
Now come TO the real cure and to the end of my
story. In the summer Of 1875 first heard IF Kas.
kline. ! was struck with Its being called "the new
Qunne" and the high claims ade for ii. | didn't
believe a syllable OF them. Neither would you-in
nv place. Still there was chance, and 10 a chron
cally sick any chance is worth taking. at can't
hurt me. said. an try it." did try it. To my
astonIshment and qualification soon began to i'm
prove. Clearly was getting better. As continued
with Kaskine / seemed to feel the malaria going out
Of me and health coming back. 1t was genuine,
scientific hsaling-not one poison temporarily dis
guising another. The uric acid with v hch my rys,
TEN charged presently ex elled. and ny
stifened Joints became plant as before
In the Michigan iogs and miasmas. The indigestion
also disappeared, my bowel. grew regular, my head
clear, my nerves steady and resful sleep returned.
l am now permanently well, have never had any
turn OF malaria any -ign OF 1t. Results real
cannot BE- disputed, aud may fairly attri butte them
10 knskin". because, after beginning with 1t, took
no other medicine. DAVID j. NORTON,
State st Albany. n. Y.
PSI read the letter of my friend Rev j. L.
Hall, Chaplain OF the Albany P.nitcntiary and
fully accept his statements as harmoniziDg with my
own knowledge OF the medicinal properties OF kas
kline.
individuals, which stamp kaskiue az "A remedy of
undoubt' Il merit. viii be sent on application.
The kaskine Company, 81 Warren St, New York
and 30 Harrington Road London.